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Fox river at Montgomery Dam in Montgomery, Illinois Fox river north of Wedron, IL The Fox River in Downtown Batavia facing north at the Peace Bridge. The river enters Illinois where it widens into a large area of interconnected lakes known as the Chain O'Lakes. Fox Lake is the largest village in this area.
The Fox River Trail is a multi-use path in Illinois along the Fox River. Largely in Kane County , the trail connects the communities of (North to South) Algonquin , Carpentersville , Dundee , Elgin , South Elgin , St. Charles , Geneva , Batavia , North Aurora , Aurora , Montgomery , and Oswego .
The Fox Valley—also commonly known as the Fox River Valley—is a region centered on the Fox River of Northern Illinois, along the western edges of the Chicago metropolitan area. [1] The region extends from the village of Antioch , in far northern Illinois, to the city of Ottawa in the south. [ 1 ]
The Fox River has been of central significance to settlement and life in Batavia. Batavia is located on the Fox River at 41°50′56″N 88°18′30″W / 41.84889°N 88.30833°W / 41.84889; -88.30833 (41.8488583, −88.3084400
Batavia Township is in Kane County, Illinois.It is divided by the Fox River.As of the 2010 census, its population was 35,221 and it contained 12,892 housing units. [3] The western part of the United States Department of Energy's Fermilab is at the township's eastern edge (formerly in the village of Weston), although most of the facility is in neighboring Winfield Township in DuPage County.
The Tri-Cities, or Tri-City area, is a vernacular region that is situated between the large cities of Aurora and Elgin, Illinois, and encompasses the cities of Batavia, Geneva, and St. Charles.
The Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric (AE&FRE), was an interurban railroad that operated freight and passenger service on its line paralleling the Fox River.It served the communities of Carpentersville, Dundee, Elgin, South Elgin, St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, North Aurora, Aurora, Montgomery, and Yorkville in Illinois.
Illinois Route 31 (IL 31) is a 58.41-mile-long (94.00 km) north–south state highway in northeastern Illinois, United States. It travels from U.S. Route 34 (US 34) in Oswego north to US 12 , near the Wisconsin state line, just south of Richmond .